Brad Whitford is the guitarist in the rock band Aerosmith. One thing we’re seeing is there are a lot of younger kids who want to see the real thing — the guys that played the music that they grew up listening to.

A lot of bands go in and just strip down their show, do eight gigs, and that’s it.

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So we’d been talking about doing a residency, and how to do it and where to do it. And in general I just have a lot of guitars with me. [laughs] But we’re finding out.

So I actually think there’s a good chance something like a new record could come out of this experience. You know, it’s very hard to play some of what Joe does, because it’s so different from what I do. “One thing that’s for sure,” Perry says, “I don’t see us putting the guitars away anytime soon.”. And it’s loud! However, the core of his tone is the PRS amp in the center. Brad Whitford, founder of 3 Monkeys Amplification, travels with an impressive stack of his own amps. So I’m using that one a lot. And like Brad said, there are a lot of horns on Aerosmith songs. What kind of Amplifiers does Brad Whitford use? Brad Whitford uses 3 Monkeys BW119 heads, according to 3 Monkeys's [website](... more, Brad Whitford uses a 3 Monkeys Sock Monkey amp head, according to 3 Monkeys's... more, Brad Whitford uses a Grease Monkey II head, according to 3 Monkeys's [website... more, According to 3 Monkeys's [website](http://www.3monkeysamps.com/blogs/artists/... more, 8 Best Looper Pedals for Guitar: 2020 Gear Guide.

It is, as guitarist Brad Whitford says, “A completely new experience for this band.”.

Whitford: Being players, the only thing that’s really going to stop us is some kind of physical ailment, where maybe we can’t perform the way we used to or can’t perform at all.

We figured we’d just keep going until we got tired of it.

Being in your 20s and stuff, that’s a piece of cake. Perry: And there are a lot of benefits beyond that, like not having to worry about different sound every night, the monitor mix in this building or that building, whether there’s an echo in the room. Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, If you know rock, you know who this man is.Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Aerosmith guitar player Brad Whitford's Guitar Rig.We researched pictures given to us by an Aerosmith guitar tech, along with articles and interviews to get you a nice list here. Perry: We were thinking about it with that tour. But yeah, it’s great to do these songs. Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? “The challenge is to keep the grit and the excitement level of an Aerosmith show while at the same putting up a big flash-bang production,” Perry says about Deuces Are Wild, which runs on and off at the Park Theater (with some East Coast dates sprinkled in) through the end of 2019. Don't forget to check out the sweet pictures we have of Brad's guitar gear too.

We put it together back in 2000, and it has a left-handed Fender body and a Warmoth neck, I believe. UberProAudio is reader supported. And to me, there’s this feeling of a resurgence, or at least of finding its level again. He’s not schooled at all, so it’s totally a “feel” thing for him, whereas I did a lot more studying of the guitar. And I looked over at Steven, and he couldn’t say them either. Like, how many great riffs are left? We all love doing it, so…. It’s got a coil cutter on the tone control and a volume knob and that’s it.

Perry: It still is, yeah.

Which is true, although with one small caveat. And I like Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Blackberry Smoke…guys like that. They’re not new anymore, but they’re still new-ish.

Aerosmith’s 2011 Back On the Road tour was a two-month jaunt that consisted of 18 shows and took the band to places it had never been in Latin America before concluding in Japan. I listen to what Brad’s playing, and he listens to what I’m playing, and then we just try and mix it up, right down to — especially in the earlier days — saying, “Who’s gonna play the Strat?

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I’ve always felt like we have two lead players and two different flavors in this band, and that’s really important.

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So we were thinking, Let’s play the songs as close to “just right” as we can get them. Aerosmith's longtime guitarists give GP insight into their future, and an exclusive look inside their Sin City residency. Perry: I think by playing together in this sort of situation, where we don’t have to get to a different city every night and be in a different venue, it’s going to open up some doors to us getting into a creative mode again, just by changing the paradigm a little bit. But I don’t think there will ever be another earth-shaking event like the Beatles.

I would imagine that even after all these years it’s still a charge going onstage and playing something like “Walk This Way” or “Sweet Emotion” to a roomful of fans. Joe Perry: A couple of things. To me it’s like having a screwdriver and a hammer in a toolbox: They’re essentials. Check out our stellar "Who Plays What" section to get the news scoop on what your favorite players use for gear in their rigs.

Any chance a studio record is on the horizon? © Perry is the mix of dirty greasy blues and unschooled hardass that defines aerosmith. It’s almost like you’re rehearsing or jamming, but with an audience in the room. Whitford: This genre that we’re a part of, it seems like it’s pretty much been overfished. That’s what it’s supposed to be about, right?

You’ll be fine!” [laughs]. Visually, the show dazzles with lights, lasers, fire, dancers, flying toys, a catwalk that extends to the venue’s uppermost seats, a 30-minute intro film that offers a deep dive into the band’s origins, and never-before-seen visuals from the group’s archives presented on 12 massive hi-def screens.

Perry: The way I see it, it might not be like the days when rock really ruled the roost, but, you know, if 20 percent of the people love rock and roll, 20 percent of the people now might mean 20 times as many people as it did 50 years ago, because there’s just that many more people in the world.

You hear them on the radio and stuff and you go, “That’s our band! Brad Whitford's long time tech, Marco Moir is presenting Brad Whitford's set up for us. In 2017, you guys launched a tour called Aero-Verderci Baby!, which many speculated was a farewell outing. But that’s what Aerosmith have done with Deuces Are Wild, their current show at the Park Theater in Las Vegas.

And we do have a number of songs that have horn parts in them. I like Rival Sons. But clearly you’re still going strong. We interview and research famous musician's and show you the gear and equipment in their guitar rigs.

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